Kisobushi (in Japanese: 木曽節) is a folk song originating from the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[1] It sings about the river, mountains and people who live there.
General edit
Kisobushi is a folk song originating from the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[2] It sings about the river, mountains and people who live there. "Fushi" (in Japanese: 節) or "Bushi", when immediately follows another nouns, as in "Tankobushi", means a melody or a song.
Lyrics edit
There are several stanzas of various versions. The words, "Nakanori san", in the lyrics are generally agreed to mean the loggers who raft down the Kiso River, carrying the logs cut down from the woods in the Kiso Mountains.
Japanese original edit木曽のナー 中乗りさん |
Romanized Japanese editKiso no nah, Nakanori san,
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Japan Magazine: A Representative Monthly of Things Japanese. Japan Magazine Company. 1925. p. 395.
- ^ Faier, Lieba (2009). Intimate Encounters: Filipina Women and the Remaking of Rural Japan. University of California Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-520-25214-1.